Longacre is a beautifully presented, light-filled family home that has been significantly refurbished and converted by the current owners to provide six bedrooms and four bathrooms arranged across three levels. The property offers flexible accommodation options for multi-generational living and benefits from a beautiful garden of approximately 0.78 acres with two fully insulated detached outbuildings with solid oak cladding. Longacre is set in a peaceful setting in the desirable village of West Hill.

The heart of the home is the impressive Carpenter Oak framed extension that is clad with solid oak planks. The extension provides an open-plan family area, dining area and kitchen, a 39ft living and entertaining space with a vaulted ceiling, exposed timber beams, a woodburning stove and full-height windows that welcome a wealth of natural light. The kitchen itself has shaker-style units to base and wall level, granite worktops, modern integrated appliances and a four oven gas fired Aga as well as French doors that open out onto a raised deck with a private garden and a hot tub. Further welcoming reception space can be found in the drawing room at the front of the property that also features a fireplace fitted with a woodburing stove and French doors that open onto the front garden. There is also a useful library. There are five bedrooms on the ground level, four of which are doubles including the generous principal bedroom which has a balcony overlooking the garden and an en suite with a jacuzzi bath and overhead shower. The family bathroom is also on the ground floor while there is also a shower room.

Upstairs there is an additional spacious double bedroom with an en suite shower room and walk-in wardrobe that provides flexible accommodation options.

the property is offered chain free.
Local Authority: East Devon District Council
Services: Mains electricity, gas and water. Private drainage via septic tank which we understand may not be compliant with current regulations. Further information is being sought.
Council Tax: Band F
Wayleaves and Easements: The property is sold subject to any wayleaves or easements, whether mentioned in these particulars or not.
Tenure: Freehold
Guide price: £1,350,000

At the front of the property, a gated driveway provides parking space for several vehicles as well as access to the integrated double garage which has a fitted sink and utility area. At the front of the property there is also a detached outbuilding currently used as an office. The gardens at the front of the house includes areas of lawn with hedgerow borders and colourful flowerbeds, while at the rear, the lawns extend to more than 350 feet and provide a variety of mature specimen trees and hedgerow providing privacy and seclusion. The rear garden also includes a further outbuilding currently used as a studio/office space providing the perfect setting for home working, as well as a garden shed, log store, greenhouse and a full height external covered storage area with power and light underneath the kitchen extension.

Longacre is in the small village of West Hill, two miles southwest of the charming Devon town of Ottery St Mary. West Hill has a village store, a post office and an outstanding-rated primary school, while most of the necessary everyday amenities can be found in Ottery St Mary, including a variety of shops, restaurants and cafés, a supermarket and a good selection of schools, including the outstanding-rated King’s School. The A30 runs nearby, offering easy access to the popular city of Exeter, and the M5, while the stunning Devon coastline is just a 20 minute drive away. Exeter, approximately 10 miles away, is the most thriving city in the South West and offers a wide choice of cultural activities with the theatre, the museum, arts centre and a wealth of good shopping and restaurants.